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On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 14:39:28 -0500, Denis wrote: |
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> > Getting the obvious out of the way first, do you have free space |
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> > on /usr/portage? |
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> Neil - I doubt that could be a problem. I have 20 GB allocated to |
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> /usr partition alone! I think portage couldn't have filled all that |
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It could if you don't clean out /usr/portage/distfiles. My distfiles |
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directory is 7.5GB (I must get round to cleaning it out sometime) and |
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packages is quite large too. add in all the other stuff in /usr and |
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filling 20GB is conceivable, although not particularly likely. how much |
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free space does it have? |
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> I think hard drive failure is a possibility, although it's kind of |
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> funny that the failure should be limited to just that /usr partition! |
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> Or does that happen sometimes? |
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As with many things, the most used parts wear out first :( |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened! |
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